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Alternative keyboards have been around for a long time, and while the traditional QWERTY keyboard won the fight, that doesn't mean the other layouts aren't worth considering. Advocates for alternative ...

I have an M1 Mini running 14.1.1 and recently my keyboard layout changed. I first noticed when I discovered my apostrophe was no longer under my right pinky, but instead in Shift-7. Poking around I ...

Ukelele is a tool that can create XML keyboard layouts for use in OS X version 10.2 and later. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the ...

Do you have very big fingers? Many users have problems typing on their mobile phones because they have big fingers, which in turn causes inaccurate typing because the letters on the onscreen keyboard ...

I’ve always been a full-keyboard kind of guy. Not to the point of using macros, but I’ve been religious about the full 104-key layout with a numpad, in hindsight, out of a purist’s mentality. But I’ve ...

A few years back I was at a convention somewhere and I stumbled into Palm's booth. They were showcasing a small half-qwerty keyboard. I was instantly in love, but didn't have the $$$ to drop on ...

One of the under-reported problems is where Windows 11/10 keeps adding keyboard layouts without permission. As you add new languages, it starts appearing in the language bar and cannot be removed from ...